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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., DEC. 8, 1938 LESSON XI THE SIN OF COVETOUSNESS Exodus 20:17; Luke 12:13-21; I Timothy 6:6-10 GOLDEN TEXT: "Thou Shalt Not covet." Exodus 20-17 THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time -- The Ten Commandments were given in 1498 B.C. The words from Luke were spoken during November or December, A.D., 29; the First Epistle of Paul to Timothy was written A.D. 65. Place -- The Ten Commandments were given from Mount Sinai. The words taken from Luke were spoken in Peraea on the eastern side of the Jordan River. It is not known exactly where Timothy was when he received this letter. 17. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, :• his ( ■ his i thing that is thy neighbor's. This commandment is also repeated, with slight variations, in Deut. 5: 21. There is one great distinction between the laws of other peoples and the Hebrew code as found in the Decalogue, namely, that among no other people do we find a law against covetousness. The commandment "Thou shalt not covet" "passes beyond the domain of civil magistracy into that intellectual real of niojive, desire and thought, where God alone is Lord and also The actual word "covet" in its essential meaning is "to set the heart on," very literally, "to pant after." The sin, therefore, suggested by the word is very evidently that of desire to possess something which belongs to another. The Root of All Sin Covetousness includes in its own scope all social life. Out of disobedience to this command will spring sins that break every law written upon the second table of the law. The whole realm of human interrelation is disorganized and broker, up by the dishonoring of the tenth commandment. Luke 12:13-21. 13. And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. This man's personal affair was the supreme thing for him, not the teaching of 14. But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? The Lord never set himself as a rival to the magistrates of the land. Whi \ Mar said v 3 them, Tale For 3 life c sistcth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. What our Lord was continually emphasizing was the life of a man; not what he possessed, but what he was. He came ihat we might have life, and that we might have it more abundantly. Be declared that life never consists of the things which one has, but of the things 16. And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich mac b -ought forth plentifully: 17. and le reasoned within himself, sayi:r.j. What shall I do, because 1 have not where to bestow my fruits 1?. And he said, This will I do: i will pull down my barns, and bui". i greater; and there will I bestow id my grain and my goods. Our Lcr.. is about to illustrate the evi! jocsequences of the sin of covelmiiwi, in by one of his most remarkabli parables (a parable found or.!;, in the Gospel of 19. And I wili say to my soul. Soul, thou hast rich goods laid up for many years take thine ease, eat, drink, be a ". y. Cf. 1 Cor. 15: 32. The conversion is entirely with himself. Hi does not think of others who may be in need. He says nothing bjji increasing his i God. gifts 20. Eut Got foolish one. Tl • required of the? which thou has shall they be? >.ras giving any- unto him. Thou light is thy soul And the things prepared, whose 21. So i he t Are You Listening? By FREDDIE TEE COMEDIAN BAND LEADER Ray Noble, conductor of the Burns and Allen shows over CBS from Hollywood every Friday night (WABC-CBS, 8.30 to 9.00 p.m., EST) has not only proved himself to be a great song writer and an orchestra leader, but a sly and effective comedian as well. His straight face, very English remarks to the comedian stars of num..! njiji--MUILH1..UUUI. the show have proved to have such hilarious effect that they dispensable part of-each of the air shows. But he'll have to go a long way to outdo his fame as the composer of such songs as "Good Night, Sweetheart," "Love Is the Strangest Ray Noble Thin g," "The Very Thought of You'c and "The Touch of Your Lips". GINGER ROGERS STARRED Versatile Ginger Rogers whose fame as a dancer is equalled only by her gifts as a tress and comedienne, was starred in the "Silver Theatre" production heard over the Columbia network on Sunday recently. Conrad Nagel Ginger Rogers rector for the show and Miss Rogers was supported by an able cast of Hollywood actors and actresses. EXTRA ALLOWANCE FOR OLD RADIOS! DeForest Crosley, Majestic and Rogers radio dealers are now offering special, extra large Christmas trade-in allowances for old radio sets. With the new 1939 Spread-Band models in the home, the many old-country Yuletide j» oir, ams can be heard regularly, loud and clear, over short-wave. MELODY LANE The young gentleman in sporty tweeds is Tommy Lane, aged 11, /ho made his professional debut • this year with Joe Penner and who continues to be heard on Penner's program every Thursday over the Columbia network (WABC-CBS, 7.80 to 8.00 p.m., EST. Rebroadcast at 8.30 p.m. EST.) Tommy, whose real _ name is Stanley Hoffman, was auditioned b y Penner after winning a vocal contest conducted by his home P town, Atlanta, Georgia. The comedian was str jck by the purity of Tom- immedi.uely placed him under contract. P r e -Tommy Lane ceding his trip to Hollywood, Tommy was sent to New York by the Atlanta paper to sing for officials of the Metropolitan Opera Company, who also enthused over the clearness of his 2 Cor. 12 :14. 1. Tim. 6:6-8. 6. But godliness with contentment is great gain. Paul tells us that true gain in life is found in godliness itself, together with contentment. The word rendered "contentment" signifies that elevation of soul above external earthly conditions which comes from a consciousness of God's presence and love. Contentment 7. For we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out. See Job 1:21; Ps. 19:17. S. But having food and covering we shall therewith be content. Probably the word here translated "covering" refers also to the shelter of the home in which we live. 1. Tim. 6:9, 10. 9. But they that are minded to be rich. Fall into a emptation and a snare. And many foolish and hurtful lusts. The desires in question are hurtful because they hinder true happiness. and perdition. Those hearts on being rich become ii volved in the meshes of wordlines l destruction and s their ed by desires, and by artificial wants, ihat they are no longer free men. 10. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil; which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. For gold men have betrayed their country, their friends, their God, their immortal souls. The Tenth Commandmeni God's demand that man si the reins of the governmen life into the hands of God. s also More Apples Shipped Up to November 16, 1938, this season's export of Canadian apples to the United Kingdom amounted to 999,227 barrels, and 1,431,904 boxes, an increase of 48 per cent, in barrelled apples and 35 per cent in boxed apples, compared with the corresponding period of the 1937 season. Business executives of Germany are having difficulty in finding young people with sufficient knowledge to fill g Czechs Purchase Ontario Farms Recent purchases of three farm properties and negotiations now under way for others indicate there will be a, settlement of Cze-choslovakians in Wentworth county. It is understood the purchasers of the farm lands were former residents of Czechoslovak Sudetenland who left their home country just before the recent Their search brought them to the Hamilton district and sales of the William Ridge farm at Mount Hope, the Lloyd VanSickle farm at Glanford Station and the Reuben Si-en property, also at Glanford Station, have been reported. The purchasers of these properties, all large farms, are Czechoslovaks. It is said to be their intention to engage in mixed farm- Health Is Better Out on Prairies People of Canadian West Have Lightest Mortelity in Dominion -- Are Much Healthier Than Maritimers Consider for a moment the probability of a Canadian aged 25 dying within five years, says Canada's Weekly. The probability is greatest in the Maritime Provinces and least in the Prairie Provinces, being twice as high in the former as in the latter. The expectation of life at the age of five is over 64 years in the Prairie Provinces and under 61 in Quebec, to take the two extremes. Less Healthy Stay Home Why should the Prairie Provinces show better than Quebec and the Maritimes? The answer is simple. When-large movements of population take place, there is a tendency for the more healthy and energetic elements to move, while the less healthy people stay at home. To move to a strange land requires, even at this day, something of the pioneering spirit. Hence it is that the Western Provinces of Canada have the lightest mortality. These provinces have received much of their population very recently. Canadians Live Longer Incidentally, the Canadian boy of five can look forward to two full years more of life than the British boy of five. The Canadian at 42 has 32 years in front of him as against less than 30 of his British cousin. Even at 75 there is a difference in favor of the Canadian of a little more than a OVER CMJA0J4* Let this overwhelming preference for 'blue coal'-- the world's finest anthracite --be your guide to better heating, 'blue coal' will give you a standard of heating satisfaction and value that has won the confidence of over 100,000 Canadian homeowners. Or Jer o ton of 'blue eooP today Ask your 'blue coal' dealer also about the 'blue coal' Heat Regulator which provides automatic heat with your present equipment. Dlue coal^ THE MODERN FUEL FOR SOLID COMFORT World Population Total 2,134,000,000 The population of the world at the end of 1937 was 2,134,000,000 the League of Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics estimated. The figures were 18,000,000 over 1936. The bulletin revealed that more than one-half of mankind lives in Asia, where China claims about 450,000,000, India 350,000,000, and Japan and its possessions 100,000,000. The population of Soviet Russia was estimated at 178,000,000, while of 397,000,000 human beings in Europe 79,000,000 live in Germany, 47,000,000 in the United Kingdom, 43,000,000 in Italy, 12.0 Fra md 35,- 000,000 in Poland. Death Rate Overtakes Birth Rate The bulletin gave the population of the United States at 130,000,000 while South America has 90,000,000 of whom Brazil claims 50 per cent. In Europe, the United States and Japan the proportion of old people is increasing as the death rate begins to overtake the birth rate. 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